The alleged hit and run driver who knocked down a pedestrian to death at Suhum Amanase in the Eastern Region has been remanded by Suhum circuit Court in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suspect driver John Amoako, 27, reported himself at the Police Station together with the accident vehicle Howo Tipper truck with registration number GN 4411-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The accident vehicle has been impounded for testing whilst the Suspect driver was immediately arraigned before Suhum Circuit Court Friday and was remanded into Police custody to re-appear on June 3, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Police, on Thursday, May 27, 2021, at about 8:00 pm, Suhum Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) received information that there had been a hit and run fatal motor accident at Amanase a community near Suhum along the Accra-Kumasi highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The District Police Patrol Team and armed Police personnel from Suhum District MTTD were dispatched to the scene and found a mutilated body of a male scattered on the road while the angry youth had mounted blockage on the road with cement blocks and burning of tyres in the middle of the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This created gridlock for an hour on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The youth vented their anger on the police by attacking the police team with stones when the police tried to clear the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It took the assistance of men from Coaltar District police Command as well as the National Highway Patrol Team amidst firing of warning shots before the mob were dispersed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The road was eventually cleared while the mutilated body was gathered and conveyed to Suhum Government Hospital mortuary for identification, preservation and autopsy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police sent wireless messages to various checkpoints to arrest the hit and run suspect driver to assist in police investigation but he turned himself into police<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Ghana\/Starrfm.com.gh<\/p>\n\n\n\n